Black Cloaks

Overview

The great fadista, Amelia Rodrigues, made her screen debut in Capas Negras, which took its name from the black capes worn by the students in the university city of Coimbra, where the film is set. The action begins in a tavern where a group of former students are reminiscing about their time at the university. One of the students, Jose Duarte then breaks into song, performing an impromptu fado in the local Coimbra style. The tavern owner's niece, the aptly named Maria Lisboa promptly retaliates with a fado of the Lisbon variety. The melodramatic plot then centers on the frustrated romance between these two characters, and the soundtrack is essentially a musical duel between these two different styles of Portugal's national song.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 17, 1947

Original language

Portuguese

Spoken languages

Portuguese

Countries

Portugal

Production

Cinelândia,Lisboa Filme,Real República do Rás-Teparta,Produtores Associados,Exclusivos Triunfo

Cast

João Calazans,Domingos Marques,Maria Emília Vilas,Adozinda Mariano,Barroso Lopes,Abel Passos Pereira,Regina Montenegro,António Sacramento,Vasco Morgado,Manuela Bonitoand 13 more

Director

Armando de Miranda

Writer

Alberto Barbosa,Luís Galhardo,José Galhardo

Producer

Armando de Miranda,Edmundo Ferreira de Almeida

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0039239